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1977 Cheetah Competitor

Recently restored to the same specs as my first bike

OK, this is not the same as a Cheeta, but there is no place to put the darn thing. The bike is a Competitor Cheetah. It's a very lightweight bike, manufactured in Arizona back in the 1970s. My first BMX bike was a Cheetah, which I bought from PRE BMX in Issaquah, Wa. It did not take me long to ruin that bike by painting it a terrible shade of bluish-purple. I never expected to find another one, but the frame you see here was found on ebay in 2007. It was squished, and it was painted in a horrible shade of bluish-purple. Thanks to Rod Miles, it was properly repaired and painted to the correct shade of orange, matching my original bike. The only deviation from my original bike is the stem. My bike had an Ashtabula stem with knurled bars. I never liked that set up, and I had a non-slanted Cook Bros stem sitting around. I am currently missing a proper frame pad, and it would be great to see what the original stickers really look like.

freedo · 2009-01-30 6:10pm

real cool man. have any pics of the bike as it was when you were a kid?

g-flash · 2009-01-31 5:53am

Great Job on the save! Rod is "THE MAN" Good to see this bike here. We need more of this 70's stuff at this place!

blindfaith420 · 2009-01-31 9:17am

Dang, I've never seen one of these... Reminds me of the Jammin Jimmy Weinert Stadium frame... Bad man, a favorite for sure...

66alfa_gtv · 2009-02-02 3:44pm

Reminds me of the Jammin Jimmy Weinert Stadium frame

They are almost identical. Rod Miles has one, and sent me a photo as a comparison. The Weinart has a "W" in the gusset and is probably chromoly.
Thanks for the compliments, gang!
Anyone know wher eI can find a frame pad for this thing?

OLDSCHOOL ATL · 2009-03-26 10:55am

killer bike......... split top tube and a gusset NICE>>>>>>>>>>>

vonmark01 · 2009-04-15 11:46am

bad a$$ ride, love it
dion
great job

stunts74 · 2009-05-01 8:29pm

Never seen one of these -- but I hope to see more!! Great bike.

suicyco · 2009-05-13 8:34pm

wow very cool love it

wildwoodlands · 2009-07-12 3:22pm

WOW- I clearly remember these as a 11 year old in 1977! This model and the Super Cheetah were very desirable among us kid BMX'ers. I could not talk my mom into one of these but scored a Schwinn Scrambler 36-36. I almost forgot about the Cheetah's. I think they are rather rare. Great bike!

hm · 2009-08-06 3:20pm

nice bike

flyinhawn · 2009-09-08 8:41pm

Close enough, super rare and dredded memories of a rider out of Palolo Valley out in the Pacific (Honolulu Hawaii back in the mid to late 1970's, The Wong one of the Palolo Riders very quick and talented!!.
66alfa_gtv you have a Classic and super rare mean machine!!

Racer · 2009-10-26 9:45pm

Note to Admins this bike belongs in a second Cheeta section the two companies are decades apart and not related.

66alfa_gtv · 2009-11-09 3:47pm

Thanks Racer - It actually belongs in a category called "Competitor" as Cheetah was the model name.

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